Mon.Feb 12, 2024

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Minnesota Governor Backs Comprehensive Medical Debt Legislation

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Today marks Opening Day for the Minnesota legislature’s 2024 session and the governor of the state has announced his intention to back a bill that would remove interest on medical debt and ban hospitals from withholding care to patients who have outstanding debts.

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Huge rise in no fault evictions in 2023

UK debt collections

Figures released in the past week by the Ministry of Justice showed that 9,457 households in England were evicted by bailiffs in 2023, compared to 6,399 in 2022. A total of 26,311 households have been removed from their homes since the government first promised to scrap no-fault evictions in 2019. The latest data also showed that a further 30,230 landlords in England started Section 21 eviction court proceedings in 2023, a rise of 28% in one year.

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Daily Digest – February 12. Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Improperly Served Writ of Execution; Minnesota Governor Backs Comprehensive Medical Debt Legislation

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Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Improperly Served Writ of Execution Minnesota Governor Backs Comprehensive Medical Debt Legislation Supreme Court Rules Federal Gov’t Subject to FCRA Claims Compliance Digest – February 12 WORTH NOTING: Winners and losers from last night’s Super Bowl commercials … Last-minute Valentine’s Day gift ideas … This is not an […]

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Robin McKinley? Not with Frank Frank Goldstein & Nager!

FFGN COLLECT NY

It came to our attention that “Robin McKinley” was posing as managing partner of Frank Frank Goldstein & Nager (FFG&N), NY Debt collection firm. Just to confirm, Att Robin McKinley is not associated with Frank Frank Goldstein & Nager. Searching for New York debt collection, Jocelyn Nager and/or Frank, Frank Goldstein & Nager online? We did.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Supreme Court Rules Federal Gov’t Subject to FCRA Claims

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The Supreme Court last week unanimously ruled that the federal government is not immune from lawsuits accusing it of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it incorrectly furnishes information to the credit reporting agencies. The Court held there is no sovereign immunity when it comes to the FCRA’s private right of action.

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Compliance Digest – February 12

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Unraveling the Crypto Code: California’s New DFAL Explained

Troutman Sanders

In this episode of The Crypto Exchange , Troutman Pepper Partner Ethan Ostroff welcomes his colleague Addison Morgan to discuss California’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), set to take effect on July 1, 2025. The DFAL provides a comprehensive framework for licensing and overseeing businesses that engage in digital financial business activities with residents of California.

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Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Improperly Served Writ of Execution

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In what appears to be yet another in the line of cautionary tales about plaintiffs representing themselves, a District Court judge in New Jersey has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it served a writ of execution to the plaintiff’s mother and […]